[Coral-List] My Octopus Teacher

Sun Oct 11 22:11:23 UTC 2020

I didn't know the Caribbean had cuttlefish, never saw them.  My old 1992
copyright copy of Humann's Reef Creature Identification doesn't have it.
Been a long time since I studied the Caribbean.  I stand corrected.
Cheers, Doug

On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 10:58 AM Alina Szmant <alina at cisme-instruments.com>
wrote:

> Hi Doug:
>
> Thanks but I know the difference between squid and cuttlefish.  Plus I
> looked it up after the dive since I don’t know the species of cuttlefish.
> In the Humann series the common name was Caribbean reef cuttlefish,  and
> yes thay are quite broad compared  to squid.  We always saw lots of them on
> night dives during coral spawning. They go after the small fishes eating
> the spawn.
>
> Best,
>
> Alina
>
>
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
> Date: 10/11/20 4:19 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: Alina Szmant <alina at cisme-instruments.com>,
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] My Octopus Teacher
>
> I think those would have been squid.  They are very similar to cuttlefish
> and both very similar to octopus except they swim all the time and have 8
> arms plus 2 tentacles which they can shoot out to catch prey.  Cuttlefish
> tend to be wider than squid, and they have a relatively large internal
> calcareous remnant of a shell, often provided for with parakeets, instead
> of the thin, flexible remnant in squid.  But all 3 are built very similarly
> and are smart and have all the little spots in their skin and can change
> colors very quickly, and have camera eyes with a lens, etc.
>
> On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 2:48 AM Alina Szmant <alina at cisme-instruments.com>
> wrote:
>
>> In respect for these incredible octopus creatures and also reef
>> cuttlefish, I gave up eating them many years ago.
>>
>> One day diving off of Curaçao,  I swam up the forereef slope to a 10 m
>> terrace,  and there was a school of cuttlefish,  about 10 to 12 of them. As
>> I swam towards them, video camera in hand, they formed a semi-circle facing
>> me about 10 m away. In the center of the semi-circle, closer to me, was
>> what I assume was their commander-in-chief. We looked at each other (maybe
>> s/he liked the reflection in my large camera lens) as I slowly swam towards
>> them. This lasted several minutes.  The spell was broken when my class of
>> students came up behind me and the cuttlefish gently swam away. I haven't
>> eaten one of these creatures since.
>>
>> My conscience, moral compass, my health and the environment have all
>> benefited from my transition to veganism.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
>> Date: 10/11/20 8:19 AM (GMT-05:00)
>> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] My Octopus Teacher
>>
>> A couple of reviews:
>>
>>
>> https://www.newscientist.com/article/2253789-my-octopus-teacher-review-the-strange-lives-of-cephalopods-up-close/
>>
>>
>> https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2020/09/octopus-scientists-love-my-octopus-teacher-just-as-much-as-you-do/
>>
>>
>> I haven't seen it yet myself.   Cheers,  Doug
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 5:03 PM Patti Nicoll via Coral-List <
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>> > Definitely well worth a viewing - so well done!
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>> > Hi All:
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>> > In addition, to what Steve circulated, I'd like to put in a plug for a
>> new
>> > Netflix Documentary that blew me away: My Octopus Teacher. Here is link
>> to
>> > YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s0LTDhqe5A.  Most
>> > definitely worth watching. Totally amazing day by day life history of
>> the
>> > life of an octopus as told by a well-known documentarian.
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>> > From: Coral-List <coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> On Behalf Of
>> > Steve via Coral-List
>> > Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2020 10:26 AM
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>> > Subject: [Coral-List] Octopus Study
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>> >
>> >
>> > As a coral reef explorer I?ve always found octopuses to be one of the
>> > reef?s most captivating residents. I?ve interacted with many over the
>> years
>> > and even once was the recipient of a well deserved cephalopod bite.
>> >
>> > Here, just in time for World Octopus Day, an article references a new
>> > study that explores the possibility that octopuses may have multiple
>> brains.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> https://www.jpost.com/health-science/could-octopuses-have-more-than-one-brain-hu-study-644885
>> >
>> > Regards,
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>> > Steve
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